Whereas:
RATIONALE:
In response to the social unrest and state sanctioned violence against Black lives throughout the United States, San Francisco State University President Lynn Mahoney outlined in a letter (July 17, 2020) to the campus community her commitment to, “Improving our hiring practices for staff, faculty and administrators to include anti-bias education and other best practices to ensure more diverse pools and hiring.” While we acknowledge that the University is experiencing a budget crisis and hiring chill, the campus needs to invest and commit to institutional change at every level, including recruiting, hiring, retaining and promoting staff, faculty, and administrators who are Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) . Critically, these aspirations should be guided by specific recommendations to ensure the creation of an equitable, brave and inclusive environment that is representative of our student body and is free of discrimination, harassment and bias in which BIPOC members of the university community can thrive. Therefore, the purpose of this resolution is to provide specific recommendations for closing the significant equity gap between the BIPOC demographics of our students and employees across all levels (i.e., staff, faculty and administrators).